Mid 19th Century Hand-Coloured Lithograph of Merganser Ducks by John Gould and Henry Richter

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GOULD, John; H. C. Richter.
Mergus Serrator [Merganser].
For the author 1862

Original hand-coloured lithograph plate after Gould, Joseph Wolf … more GOULD, John; H. C. Richter.
Mergus Serrator [Merganser].
For the author 1862

Original hand-coloured lithograph plate after Gould, Joseph Wolf and H.C. Richter.
Paper size: 15 1/8 inches by 22 inches. Presented in a grey mount with hand wash lines, overall size: 20 1/16 inches by 26 3/8 inches.

John Gould is widely considered the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill and beauty and anatomical accuracy. Following in the great tradition of Natural History illustrators, such as Barraband and Audubon, Gould enlisted the services of some of the most notable ornithological artists, including Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf and his own wife Elizabeth to compile the most outstanding and comprehensive bodies of work in this field. Comprising of eighteen major works he illustrated the birds of the world, from Asia, New Guinea, Europe, and Great Britain to the Families of Toucans, Trogons and Hummingbirds. less